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How well can your 4 year old read?

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oftenpurple · 03/01/2011 11:35

I'm a bit upset as have been told that my 4 year old is 'behind' with her reading and phonics blending and will therefore require learning support. All in note home Hmm.

Just as a general idea, how well and what can your 4 year old read? I thought she was doing really well as she can recognise all the tricky words that have been sent home as well as attempting to sound out all of the letters in her reading books. Phonics blending was brand new to her in September but she seems to have the general idea.

I will be asking her teacher tomorrow where the gaps are exactly and what I should be doing to fill those. Don't get me wrong I'm very firmly on the 'she's 4 and is fine' bench and as certain mums in our class have displayed PFB tendencies, I don't want to talk about it with the class mums yet.

Thanks for your insight Smile

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Maximo2 · 04/09/2022 13:37

I’ve been a primary school teacher for 28 years and a Literacy leader for 25. I also taught myself to read when I was three. By four I was independently reading Enid Blyton books like The Enchanted Wood and The Wishing Chair. Evidently, I worked out the alphabetic code for myself a bit earlier than the average child and was fairly precocious I suppose. I’m a bit surprised you haven’t come across any articulate 4 year olds with excellent vocabulary - I’ve met lots of them. I also think you are really embarrassing yourself on this thread. I’d give it up if I were you.

Maximo2 · 04/09/2022 13:41

SignedOnToSayThis · 03/09/2022 21:38

Just to fly in under the radar, this is why women always feel undermined. Because it’s other women doing it. You have no respect for each other at all, shi**ing all over each other all the time in an effort to outdo each other. These preposterous emotional reactions are what make you untrustworthy and unreliable. Liars are liars, full stop. Whatever the guidelines of Mumsnet says. Stop trying to convince other parents that their kids are behind because YOU want to feel better about yourself.

Wow. That is batshit crazy. Are you ok, Signedintosaythis? Where is this coming from?

LondonMum81 · 05/09/2022 08:32

@SignedOnToSayThis

My daughter at 4 according to her school had the reading ability of a 7-8 year old for both decoding and comprehension. The school assigned her chapter books for her reading homework in Reception which she enjoyed though did have to ask about the odd vocabulary word. She is very advanced but in her very academically selective independent school, there are at least two other children in her year that are at a similar level. Many children in her year are reading whole books that aren't quite as long.

While this is pretty unusual it's not a 1 in a million ability.

viques · 06/09/2022 10:22

The child in the original post will be getting on for 15 now. I do hope they caught up.

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